Improvement in neck-tie shields



UNITED STATES JAMES M. HUBBS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIE SHIELDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 175,708, dated April 4,1876; application tiled August 10, 1875.

'end sections may be folded or lapped over the middle section, theobject of thispart ot' my invention being to conceal the ends of theshield when the neck-tie, bow, or scarf is worn with a standing collar.

The second part of my invention relates to the combination, with theseveral `parts of neck-tie, bow, or scarf shields and hinges, of loops,in such a manner that a band having bcen'passed through said loops, theneck-tie, bow, or scarf may be worn with a standing collar.

Figure l is a view of a bow, with a shield attached, embodying myinvention, as used with aturn-down collar. Fig. 2 is a View of the same,with a band attached, as used with a standing colla-r. Fig. 3 is a planof a shield embodying` my invention.

A is the middle, and B and C the end sections, of the shield. D is theneck-band, and E any neck-tie, bow, 0r scarf. a c are the hingesconnecting A and B and A and O, in such a manner that B and C may befolded or lapped over A. b b are the loops through which the band D maybe passed after B and O have been folded over A. c c are stops orprojections ot' A, which hold B and C when they are not folded at theproper angle to A. d is the hook, and e c the eyelets attached to theband D, by means ot' which it is fastened on the neck.

l make no claim to the mode in which the shield is secured to the bow,nor the band fastened on the neck. for I am aware that these are notnew; but

l claim as my inventionl. In a neck-tie, bow, 0r scarf shield, thecombination of the sections A, B, and O, and

the hinges c a, substantially as and for the y purpose hereinbefore setforth.

2. rlhe combination, with the sections A. B, and C, and the hinges a a,of the loops b b, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore setforth.

3. The combination, with the sections A, B. and O, the hinges c a, andthe loops b b, ot the stops c c, substantially. as and for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

4. The combination, with the sections A, B, and O, the hinges c a, theloops b b, and the stops c c, ofthe neck-tie, bo`w, or scart' E, and theneck-band D, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbet'ore setforth.

JAMES M. HUBBS. Witnesses:

ALEXANDER BLAIR, OoURTEs T, HUBBs.

